Superman III

Superman, spitting images & hackers.

Continuing with the caped wonder movie saga we come to 1983 to meet with Superman III, originally titled "Superman V/S Superman" but, then retitled simply to Superman III to avoid a lawsuit by the copyright owners of "Kramer V/S Kramer". In the past entry, and in many places on the internet you will find plenty of opinions agreeing Richard Lester should have never directed anything but schoolplays. In a way, they're kind of right as the original Superman II, directed by Richard Donner was supposed to be some kind of masterpiece that was eventually blasted into oblivion and completed and/or replaced by Richard Lester's approach. Anyways, we discussed that matter in the previous entry.

"Never wore the same pair of socks twice"

I'm a hacker brother!

Wait till you get a load of my superpussy Superman.

Believe it or not, Superman III, despite all the critics around it, it is indeed a very entertaining movie which delivers all sorts of flavours. It has comedy, it has action, it has hi-tech computers (for those days anyways) it has fair special effects, it has corporate villains,  it has several plots and it has a surprise element that makes it my cup of tea. Now, considering we're in the year 2012 (you know, we're used to have ultimate CGI special effects and a more serious approach in terms of what comes to describe scientific facts) watching Superman III for the first time may not give you the right kicks, , so I guess this movie will be greatly apreciated if you watched it with someone who was actually there when the movie came out in 1983. 

Superman III, is not only set in Metropolis (where most of the action happens) it is now also set in Smallville, as Clark Kent returns to his hometown for a little Class of '65 reunion where he would write a report about it to post later for his Daily Planet job. Obviously, he meets with his longtime friend Lana Lang (perfectly played by Annette O'Toole) and share fond memories from the good old days, and let me tell you, Annete O'Toole plays a perfect Lana Lang, she definitely knows how to portray the little town girl who's kind of get stucked in her life and simply can't get out of the little town no more.  And what about Lois Lane? Well, since Margot Kidder publicly stated she didn't like Richard Donner being fired in Superman II, she gets only a 12 lines intervention and then we see her by the very end of the movie. The plot says she's to go on vacations to Bermuda (funny, cause when she comes back, her boss, Mr. Perry White says how good is she was in the Caribbean) 

Nice rock nigga.

Can you handle my cum load in your mouth blondie?

Johnnie Walker, keep walking.

Got a headache!

Then, in the antagonist role we have a character specially created for the film.   There was some talk about having Brainiac & Mr. Mxyzptlk as the villains and  having a brief Supergirl appearance too. However, none of that happened and they chose to have a brand new character, a corporate mastermind known as Ross Webster. Hey! wait a minute! a corporate mastermind you say? Isn't that a little like Lex Luthor? yes, indeed, but believe me, Robert Vaughn (the guy who plays Ross Webster) delivers a very original rendition of the character that will not remind you of Lex Luthor. Besides, he's helped out by his nazi like sister Vera (played by Annie Ross) and when he feels like getting his cock sucked dry, he gets help from his bombshell girlfriend Lorelei (played by Pamela Stephenson) But still, he can't make it in the new world of computerized rules, so he hires Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) an average office guy who happens to have extra knowledge about computing and he's able of making computers do whatever he wants them to do (though if you look close at the monitors you'll just find print orders)

Lana Lang, Superman's red head fantasy.

Someone shagged her before Superman.

Dogfood tastes great Lana!

so, good old Superman has a new menace to deal with, but wait! not just yet! cause Webster and his team know for sure Superman can be a real pain in the ass, so they must stop him before, he stops them. Gus Gorman, using his hacker natural talent gets the kryptonite formula (?) and builds a perfect replica of the alien rock (well, not so perfect, he mismatches one ingredient) Once Superman is given the rock in Smallville, nothing happens, nothing. Later, something does happen. as Gus Gorman replaced the unknown ingredient with tar, Superman starts to behave like he was going nuts, and eventually becomes the antagonist himself. Obviously, no one can stop Superman, so he sort of do whatever he wants and gets away with it at ease. Obviously, the bad Superman is not meant to last and in an epic battle sequence, he turns himself in two. On the good side we have Clark Kent, and on the mean we have this Superman with the dirty suit, beard, and booze breath. I won't spoil it to you guys in case you still haven't seen the movie, but the battle is great, I was fucking blowned away when I first saw it being a kid, and I'm still blown away whenever I rewatch the film.

Robogirl!

This is it for you nigga!

Once Superman recovers, he must fix all the trouble he's made and then, he goes to face his final goal: Webster, his goons and a supercomputer.

Overall, a great movie for those who were kids in 1983. I couldn't recommend it to 21st  century kids as they're so used to CGI and stuff. However, watching it for the historical significance this movie has, would definitely make it a good trip.

Here's the movie trailer: